Bill Bailey

Mary Frances Veeck fondly remembers the occasions when her late husband, Bill, would reminisce about his father, William Veeck.

"I always loved hearing Bill talk about his father, and he would talk about him quite often," said Veeck, now 91 and living in a South Side retirement home. "The lessons Bill's father taught him were invaluable, and they stuck with him for the rest of his life. Bill was very proud of being his son."

Bill Veeck, of course, was one of the most important executives in Major League Baseball history, helping end racial segregation in the sport, putting the ivy on the Wrigley Field walls and pioneering such innovations as the...

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